196 Baker. — A Synopsis of the 
17. H. lingulata, Ruiz et Pav. FI. Peruv. tab. 304. Whole plant 
5-6 ft. long. Leaves oblong, long-petioled, green and 
glabrous beneath, obliquely cordate at the base, the lower 
2-3 ft. long by nearly a foot broad. Peduncle erect. Panicle 
erect, nearly a foot long ; rachis pubescent, but little flexuose ; 
branch-bracts 12-20, all ascending, reddish-yellow, lanceolate, 
glabrous, the lowest 6-8 in. long, 1 inch broad at the base, 
| in. broad above the middle, not acuminate, as in latispatha 
and brasiliensis. Flowers many in a cluster, yellowish ; pedi- 
cels J-i in. long. Staminode incurved, spathulate. Peru, 
Pavon ! Lechler, 2679 ! 
18. H. Sehiedeana, Klotzsch, in Linn. XX, 463; H. hirsuta , 
Cham, et Schlecht. in Linn. VI, 57, non Linn. fil. Leaves 
long-petioled, oblong, green and glabrous except the pu- 
bescent mid-rib beneath and the pubescent petiole, i-ij ft. 
long, 6-8 in. broad. Peduncle and panicle erect; branch- 
bracts about 10, distant, lanceolate, pubescent, 2-3 in. long, 
under an inch broad ; rachis pubescent, slightly flexuose. 
Flowers many in a cluster ; bracts lanceolate ; pedicels densely 
pubescent. Mexico, Schiede, 1031. Vera Cruz, Cordoba, &c., 
Karwinski. 
19. H. acuminata, L. C. Rich. Nova Act. XV, Suppl. t. n-12. 
Whole plant 6-8 ft. long. Leaves oblong, long-petioled, green 
and glabrous beneath, i|-2 ft. long by 5-6 in. broad at the 
middle. Peduncle long, slender, stiffly erect. Panicle some- 
times a foot long ; rachis very flexuose ; branch-bracts distant, 
lanceolate-acuminate, bright red, glabrous, the lowest 6-7 in. 
long, an inch round at the base. Flowers many in a cluster, 
1 \ in. long, reddish-green; pedicels finally an inch long. 
French Guiana, Martin ! British Guiana, Appun, 257 ! Jen- 
man, 905 ! 6373 ! Venezuela, Fendler, 1500 ! South Brazil, 
Sello ! Amazon Valley, Burchett, 9860 ! A Demeraran plant 
from Jenman (473) with fewer and more distant branch-bracts, 
the lowest 2J-3 in. long is perhaps a variety. The species 
comes in half-way between psittacorum and brasiliensis. 
H. Ballia , L. C. Rich, in Act. Soc. Hist. Paris, I (1792) 107, 
is probably the same species, but the description is very in- 
complete. It is figured in Madame Medan s Illustrations of 
the Metamorphoses of the Insects of Surinam, tab. 54. 
